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Show A A CONTEST STORY CONTEST STORY A Christmas In Mi Ching's Christmas Holland By Alice Walker Lincoln School First Prize A By Connie Siggard Central School Second Prize As Jan was sitting on the Mops of hio home in Holland he looked around wonThe houses were dering. b.'oken down, water was on W h y, the streets. they couldnt even have a Christ- mas this year. Just then he oked up and saw his sister, Johanna. 1 Jahanna thinking said, about Are you Christmas too? said Jan, but I Yes, just had a good plan. Why don't we organize all the child: en in MasMricht and clean up the streets. St. Nicholas would be pleaded at thi.-,- . I think that's a very good plan. Lets go call ail the children now," said Johan- na. After they had gathered all the children they told them about their plan. The children all wanted to help. So they went to work at once. They put sand in the holes and drained out the water Tney fixed the houses. After they had worked days and days it was the night befo: e Christmas. That was the night that St. Nicholas came. Jan and his sister Johanna were especially happy. They hoped St. Nicholas would be pleased at what t.iey had done. The straw was ready to St. Nicholas horses give ard the wooden shoes were ready by the door. Just then they heard a knock. That must be St. they said. Nicho-l.i- s, Mother had already gone Mi Ching was a little Chi- nese bov. He lived in a town called Ching Taw. He lived where they very seldom He thought of Christmas. was quite poor but he still had a few pennies. Christmas was coming in just one week and Mi Ching did not know what he would get for his mother and father for Christmas because he rnly had five pennies and After he got to town he saw that what he wanted to get was still there so he bought it because it was just ten pennies. So he took it and started to go home, but he thought he would like a peppermint stick so he went back and got himself one. Then I think they should ive seme very nice things. Well, Jan, I have some new shoes for you. Your others I see are nearly worn out. Heres pants and a shirt and a brand new hat. Heres some candy and nuts for both of you. I have a new dress for Johanna and an American doll. There are other things outside, said St. Nichogoodnight, las. said JaOh, mother, hanna when he left, this has been the happiest Christmas I have ever had. Grass is one crop that can be readily stored in stacks, kept in good condition for many years and used when most needed. decorations out of pretty colored paper and trim the tree right in the yard. They all set to work and made paper into different shapes to put on the tree. They took tinfoil paper and colored walnuts and put strings on then. Out of two different colors of paper Grand- - -- - fF- . - Terd of birds hh,e . with die-- ; eating brp. 61r bre W and the Inkers and the so preUy So every year .. wd there they 1166 Ut Each year n td ln t grew h ibi uv $ cere tfitl we now it is a tallr Bu it is stii Cmnstmas tree. ; W and That day he played very hard and that night when he came in he had his supper and hung his stocking up and told his mother and father good-nigand went While he was in bed he said to himself, hone I get a little white pony. h So Grandmoher had a fine idea. Why not make some c.ona.en pnt the window Six days have passed and there is cnly one day left, he said. Well, said St. well, Nicholas, how have the children been Mis. Van der Kakker? good children St. Nicholas. They were the ones who started cleaning the streets and theyve kept everybody happy, said Mrs. Van de Bakker. By Ruth Marie Pierce Central School First Prize When mother was a little girl he lived on the homestead in Idaho. It was up on a mountain. The neighbors were two miles away. Every year tie snow would got very deep by Christmas time. It was difficult to keep a road out and her brothers and Asters wonted a Christmas tree to trim. The now was too deep to go up . n the mountain to get one, but out in the door- - Then he saw that it was getting dark so he started f r home because he knew if he wasnt back before dark his mother would worry about him. When he got home he hid what he had for them because he didnt want them to know what he had bought. to bed. been gitW would make a perfect tree for them to trim. So Grandfather took the saw and the family went out to see him cut it. But it looked so fretty in the snow that they couldnt cut it down. The Christmas Tree he didnt think there would be r.uch to buy for five penSo he thought he nies w uld go and earn some money so that he could buy his mother and father what he wanted to get for them. When he got through the ceople gave him seven cents. Now Mi Ching could go and get the present because he now had twelve pennies. to the door. Theyve CONTEST STORY After he went to sleep Santa Claus came and gave him a toy horn, a white kite and lots of candy and nuts and left some money for his mother and father and left lots of fruit. Last of all he went to the bam and left Mi Ching a little white tag saying Merry Merry Christmas fron Santa Claus. He soon went away. The next morning when Mi Ching got up he saw all of the things he had. Then he went to the barn. He was so happy he jumped with jov for there stood a little white pony, just what he wanted. m r? 'f V f His mother and father were very happy too because now they had lots of food and everything they wanted so all of them had a happy Christmas and they lived happily ever after. More than a million scooters built i na year is the production record claimed by a Chicago company. ? - |